Worcestershire Track & Field Championships 2013

Worcestershire Track & Field Championships 2013

Nunnery Wood, Worcester

Saturday 25th May

Above: Josh, Lewis, Charlotte & Amy were successful at Worcester

Above: Candy Lockett won a hat-trick of golds

Finally the sun shone on a track meet as Bromsgrove and Redditch AC athletes collected a whole array of medals as many were crowned County Champions at the event. Martin Aspley-Davis collected an incredible 4 golds while David Mould, Harry Onions, Sam Lloyd and Candy Lockett each picked up 3.

Above: Sam Cater, Lewis Byng, Josh Pearson and Rita Brownlie

Following on from the Worcestershire Championships two of the club’s athletes were presented with Worcestershire AA trophies in recognition of their achievements at the event.

Joshua Pearson not only won his 100m but also won the 200m with a PB of 26.8s, almost 3 seconds faster than the second placed athlete. This result gave him a U.K. ranking of 14th in his under 13 age category.

The field trophy was awarded to Lewis Byng who threw a new P.B. of 33.79 m in the javelin under 13 boys competition which was just short of 10 metres clear of the 2nd placed athlete. This ranks him 6th in his under 13 age category in the UK.

Rita Brownlie, Coach and Team Manager at the club explained that outstanding achievement awards were presented to both male and female athletes both in the field and on the track. The Worcester Championships covers all ages from under13 being the youngest to seniors and veteran age categories and it was incredibly unusual for such awards to be presented to athletes in such a young age category.

Throws Coach, Sam Cater has been training Lewis for over a year and said of Lewis “In the last year he has improved by 11 metres in the javelin. I imagine I will be seeing my under 15 club record go as soon as he reaches that age category. He is a very determined athlete with lots of potential and is committed to his training.”

The full results should eventually appear on the Worcestershire Athletic Association website but aren’t there yet (on 2nd June). CLICK HERE for the Worcestershire T&F Championships results page.